Saving the river: the struggle for Colombia’s Arroyo Bruno
Senator Jorge Robledo at the hearing in Riohacha
On Monday 9 July, representatives of LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign, Swiss NGO Aktionsgruppe Schweiz...
Another victory in campaign to free the Bruno Stream
A Colombian state authority has called for the Bruno Stream to be returned to its natural course, in the face of Cerrejon Coal's failure to do so after diverting it to gain...
Mining company disregards Colombia’s Constitutional Court to exploit Bruno river
Government entities and Carbones del Cerrejón disregard the orders and guidelines of the Constitutional Court for the exploitation and diversion of the Bruno, the last great tributary of the Ranchería River in...
Debate rages over future of La Guajira’s Bruno river
Cerrejon opencast coal mine in La Guajira, Colombia, is the largest in Latin America and one of the largest in the world. Cerrejon is owned by Carbones del Cerrejón - made up of three London-listed...
We Are Bruno: Citizens Caught Between An Absentee State And A State-Like Corporation
We Are Bruno: Citizens Caught Between An Absentee State And A State-Like Corporation During Water Conflicts In La Guajira, Colombia
Emma Banks, Department of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University
ABSTRACT: In natural resource frontiers, local communities are...
